The reason some MIDI to TRS cables work, and others don't is because there are 2 standards for this cable. If you think of MIDI Pins from Left to Right as 1,2,3,4,5 and TRS Pins from base to tip as 0,1,2. Cable A: Connects MIDI Pins 2,3,4 to TRS Pins 1,0,2 and Cable B: Connects MIDI Pins 2,3,4 to TRS Pins 2,0,1 (In both cables MIDI pins 1 & 5 aren't used) So if you're in a pinch, and can switch those pins with some wire, you can fix the issue.
Korg and Make Noise, and a few others use type A - the standard, now there is one. Novation and Arturia use type B, because they started out with that. Some newer MIDI devices and modules inputs that just work with both.
Korg uses TRS Midi standard A cable, while Novation and Arturia uses TRS midi standad B. Any electronics shop can make up a working cable for a few bucks.
Yeah, it is confusing. Novation switched standards too, so the older midi controllers and grooveboxes use trs midi B, but their newer ones uses trs midi A, wich btw. looks like it's going to be the standard from now on. Here's how I made a simple DIY adapter: took an old 3,5 mm (=TRS, mini-jack or 8th inch) stereo extension cable. Cut off the male jack and kept the female jack with a few inches of the cable. I then took a new 3,5 mm stereo plug (costs about 3€) and soldered it on to the other end of the cable, making sure the tip-lead and the ring-lead were swapped around. (I buy a bunch of these at a time since I tend to wear out headphones at a redicilous rate.) The sleeve-lead is ground and stays the same. I checked wich lead goes to wich part of the TRS jack with a multimeter set to beep mode ( wich makes it go "beep" when there is connection between the two pokers.) I used a second male-male cable plugged into the female jack, just to be sure I could identify the right lead with the multimeter pokers. I made this adaptor male-female and kept the cable really short so that I won't confuse it with any other cable. This means I have to use a normal cable plugged into the adaptor in order to get a male plug in each end of the setup, but you can of couse make this a dedicated male-male adaptor cable of any length if you wish. It is also possible to take a standard 5-pin midi plug and solder it on to a trs cable, because midi only uses three of the leads. This is way trickier to get right though, since there is just more stuff in there to keep track of, besides the pins are embedded in plastic and will start to melt themselves out of place if you aren't quick enough with the soldering iron.
I just tried connecting my NTS-1 to a MIDI controller using one of the MIDI>aux adaptors that came with my Novation Mono Station and it didn't work. Both the MIDI cable and MIDI controller I used worked fine with the KORG Volca Drum, which requires no adaptor.. Is it likely that my NTS-1 connection didn't work because of the Novation adaptor? I tried every channel etc. I was really disappointed, I was looking forward to playing my NTS-1 with an actual keyboard, I thought I had everything I needed.
The Teenage Engineering TRS-MIDI adapters also work on the NTS-1. The MIDI Channel numbering on the NTS-1 is in Hexidecimal notation where 0-F = 1-16 :) P.S. Love my Arturia Keystep and thinking of adding a second one or the new Keystep Pro to the studio.
@@FreeBeat Here's the link to B7H if you want to add. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1495521-REG/teenage_engineering_te014xs012_midi_cable_kit.html/overview
@@dumptruckds Kudos for sharing; the Make Noise adapter isn't available anywhere in the US right now, and, while it's more expensive, B&H offering free shipping makes it a little better.
About some MIDI adapters working and some not working. I might have just found an explanation on the website of Retrokits, which sells special MIDI interfaces. (I'm not affiliated) A description of the RK-TRS-X interface "A lot of newer devices nowadays have a 3.5mm jack for MIDI-Out. Unfortunately - unlike the regular DIN5 plugs - there is no standard in this type of MIDI-Out. You could say there is a polarity issue. One manufacturer uses polarity A, the other uses B. Whatever TRS MIDI Output you may have on your device; With the RK-TRS-X (and a standard minijack-audio cable) you can convert any TRS-MIDI to DIN5 MIDI." So this might help some of you. Yesterday my NTS-1arrived, and I love it! I use it with a Arturia Keystep.
Great channel! Got the NTS1 and using it with the Launchkey Mini Mk3, i can even program the pots to control various parameters on the NTS1. Love all your PO videos btw!
If you buy an Arturia Microfreak you get 2 of these midi/Jack cables, plus these 2 synths work so well together it's crazy not to for the combined price
Ha,,no no no,,i still cannot get this to work,,i have tried EVERYTHING,,ive got the type A and B adaptors,,tried both..it worked for an evening and that was it,..now ,,nothing,,the same for the novation circuit,,it worked once and now it doesnt.....this is so frustrating...using the nts keyboard sucks big time....why why why,,wont it work.??
I have a korg kaossilator 1 it has a line put L AND r do I need headphones or speaker??? Or some keyboard. What cheapest option. I'm broke and was blessed with the kaosilotr q
Oh my gosh, thanks a mill. I had everything wired perfectly last night, routed through my MIO XL for MIDI and couldn't get anything from my sequencer. Little did I know Ch. 9 was really channel 10! Moved it down to Ch. 8, which is really Ch. 9 because....of course, and all's well in theworld. Was going absolutely nuts - this video helped save my sanity, gracias!
@@FreeBeat For me it is not. That's why it makes 40 years i hate midi channel dip switches. If you get all bits to 0, it should make 0. But it makes 1. Midi channels are wrong from the beginning. Should be 0 to 15. Instead it is 1 to 16. So everyone is right, and wrong at the same time.
I have an m-Audio Axiom 25 sitting around and watching your video the other day that you posted made me want the NTS-1 so bad. So I bought one. If anyone on here has the same Controller, I'd love any advice or input!! I was careful to choose a cable listed as type A and everything came in and I did everything shown in the video and no sound whatsoever. I even got on Reddit and asked and someone sent the pins to check for continuity for the cable I have. It checked out and still won't work. Just went online and found the 0-Coast adapter on Sweetwater with the same description from your posted link and am awaiting it's delivery. I assume it's either the cable, or maybe some settings I've accidentally tweaked in the MIDI keyboard that I didn't know existed. Hopefully it's just the cable because I can't wait to make ALL the sounds.
@@FreeBeat apparently the m-Audio has a setting to send MIDI via USB or 5-pin. Who would have thought?!?! 🤣. All I needed to do was change that and suddenly we have sound! Now to dive into the manual and figure out if I can record and playback loops as I've seen you do. Eager to add a Volca to this setup and see what happens. Thank you for your wonderful content and input!
@@FreeBeat (EDIT: A factory reset worked!) No such luck. Nothing over MIDI. I guess it magically broke somehow. Shipping from Perfect Circuit was fast though.
Gotta hate how Korg makes things extra confusing like the MIDI channel thing or their shitty MIDI drivers... NTS-1 absolutely rules, in spite of this. Thank you for the tutorial(s)!
But where/what do I use for the audio out port? Plugging it into the Line In of my desktop with a TRS 3.5mm audio cable doesn't get me any sound. Plugging into the aux port of my computer speaker does get sound, but only on one channel
I have the correct cables, the correct channels but it still doesn’t work. I’m using the Yamaha Reface CP. does anyone know anything about this configuration?
Found that there is another setting on the NTS-1that might cause a hurdle to get this working .. : the same menu to change the MIDI channel also has a setting called “Midi Route” (Mrt) , this decides wether the Midi input comes through the USB or both USB and MIDI input into the NTS-1 , for the configuration in this video it needs to be set to “0” for both , otherwise the MIDI input socket is disabled.. This took me some time to figure out , seemed i had set it to “1” by accident when experimenting ..
The NTS-1 is really fun to use as a midi-controlled fx box that can be externally param-locked for sequences using devices like the digitakt or circuit tracks. so each note can have it's own fx depth/time for fx not availble on elektron devices like flange, chorus, etc.. most fx pedals that can have params controlled by external midi sequencers are WAY more expensive than the nts-1 (empress zoia, hologram microcosm, etc)
@@Turbo_TechnoLogic yes. You need either some kind of hardware sequencer or alternately an app to automate it. Almost any free DAW like Garage band or Traction Waveform will have parameter automation for outgoing MIDI CCs.
After trying with 3 different midi keyboards, 3 different midi adapter (only one of the two trs to midi 5 pin adapters works) channel 0 is channel 1, that is ridiculous. Well thanks for the video that has saved me from days of frustration.
Sorry to hear it took so long, and that the solution was so simple. I don't really get the logic of making channel 1 read as channel 0, on top of making the MIDI menu tricky to get to. It just forces everything to be overly complicated. Thanks for watching!
@@FreeBeat the logic on the channel number is because it is in HEX values. (base 16). a single digit in hex goes from 0 to 9 then A to F. In order to make that say channel 1 you'd have to add extra coding (probably on limited storage) for no real value. So they opted to save that space for useful code.
The Minilab doesn’t have MIDI out so you have to connect both the NTS-1 (via USB) and the Minilab (also via USB) to your computer and then in Ableton route the MIDI from the Minilab to the NTS-1 and plug your headphones into the NTS-1’s audio out.
Bummed about this adapter cable from the original post that just showed up and doesn't work, guess it'll go in the spare parts drawer. Maybe one day it'll have a use, and I got some practice with the Global Parameters menu (; Ordered this 0-Coast cable from Sweetwater about 5 weeks ago, but the order still hasn't shipped.
Same thing happened to me, in error I bought a Type B MIDI adapter months ago, only to find that it doesn't work with the NTS-1, and that frustration, as well as the stupid hexadecimal notation for the NTS-1's MIDI channels, led me to write an article about it. Paying for return shipping wasn't worth it, so I kept it. Fast forward, and I picked up the Elektron Model:Samples (which pairs beautifully with the NTS-1, BTW). Elektron has this amazing feature in which you can change the 'polarity' of the MIDI signal sent out of the device! And for incoming MIDI signals, it automatically detects which type it is. So now I can use that Type B adapter to send MIDI from my Model:Samples to something like the Minilogue XD (which has full size MIDI ports), or to receive MIDI from any instrument. As far as I know Elektron is the first company to do this, but I hope it catches on! Makes life so much easier to not have to worry about adapter type.
I am SO sorry about that :( From now on I'm not going to trust anyone other than myself (and minimal.camera) when it comes to cables and adapters. Hope your proper cable gets to you soon!
@@FreeBeat - I ended up with a Korg SQ-1 sequencer, which comes with a Korg-friendly Midi adapter, but it can also control an NTS-1 using just an ordinary TRS cable out of the sequencer and into the synth.
@@FreeBeat i dont know if you're going to respond, but when I plut it right into my computer there is some form of background noise that can constantly be hear while I record it
@@FreeBeat Yes, tried all the settings and can't tell any difference. Wish I could show you what it's like. I'm novice on the keyboard but even so, it's such a big difference in volume.
But how should the tiny 2 pins be set on the back of the Keystep? I've tried this many many many times, with at least 20 different cables, and I STILL can NOT get the midi on the NTS1 to work. WHY??? WE JUST DON'T KNOW... WE JUST DON'T.
The pence on the back of the key step have to do with where the key step gets its clock signal from, that's it. Sorry you're having so much trouble with this
Probably a really noob question but i`m curious about recording this to a DAW to continue working with it. Would I just record the output as a wave to my pc ? Thanks for your help.
I have this exact midi cable and IT DOES NOT WORK. I feel like I’m going insane. I cannot find the right cable to hook up my Arturia to the Korg NTS. This has been the most maddening experience.
Quick question. How are you getting the sound? Do you have speakers plugged into the NTS-1? Or does it have its own little speakers? Sorry kind of a dumb question but I'm new to this. Thank you
It has it's own little speaker, but for all of my content I plug the audio out of whatever I'm using into a recorder of some kind. For this video, it was the Zoom H5. For most of my current videos, I use the Zoom Livetrak L-12.
It's just plugged into my audio interface (a zoom H5 in my case). You can just connect it like normal to whatever you are using for your audio interface to connect it to your daw.
I'm $120 into trying to find a midi to 1/8" converter that works, and I just don't believe they actually exist. And I'm now out of money. Can anyone tell me how to make one that works out of spare wires? Just tell me what of the 5 midi contacts gets attached to which of the 3 1/8" contacts?
Man I'm sorry to hear that. Just double checking, but you're on the right MIDI channel on both devices? I've had that be the issue for quite a few people after purchasing the adapter.
Yep I resorted to building my own, here's the pinout I used www.midi.org/midi-articles/updated-how-to-make-your-own-3-5mm-mini-stereo-trs-to-midi-5-pin-din-cables
Is there a way to record in stereo? I know the synth signal itself is mono, but the effects are stereo, so over headphones you get the full stereo effects, but recorded into may DAW it only is mono
@@FreeBeat It's a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, which only has one 6.35mm jack. I ordered a larger interface now, so I can use two inputs to record the stereo signal I hope (with a split cable 3.5mm stereo to two mono 6.35mm)
I bought one midi A for korg Electribe or sq on Amazon and it doesn’t Work !! Everything is Ok Channel 1 on O in Nts and no signal 🥵 it’s crazy ! For France perfect circuit send for 30$ 😱 is this the only one who works for nts ? Thanks for the good stuff 😉
Worked great for me until I tried to set a sequence. The restart button does not get it to play back as a sequence. Is there a setting that I missed or inadvertently switched? Thanks!
The button that says"tap" on it, does not work. I have no arpeggio or sequence. The right-most button was what I was referring to in my original post. *Any* help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
That NTS-1 is crazy cool little gizmo....it amazes me every time you've used it in your videos. It's on my "to get" list I live not far from Perfect Circuit (that's where I bought my PO-33 Knock Out).....man what a store, it is so dangerous because they have everything. I've never been but they have these amazing seminars where various companies have reps come and do demos Hey another good one, I always learn something
Oh man how do you have any money lol. I would be so broke if I lived anywhere near a store that sold synthesizers (other than my local guitar center, because they have nothing lol)
@@FreeBeat Yeah right? It's not close enough to break my wallet. There's a RUclips by Ricky Tnez he works for novation...anyway he's filming himself walking into Perferct circuit while chanting "only get rack mount screws...only get rack mount screws" over and over. It's hilarious, I'll send it to you if I can find it
It very well could be, although I've never used the beatstep before so I'm not sure if there's any other settings I need to be changed. Definitely make sure that you have your midi channels matched up though.
I can get my Beatstep to talk to a NTS-1 using the white mono 3.5mm to MIDI female adaptor that came with the Beatstep plugged into a Type A MIDI male to TRS adaptor bought online. I’ve also made up a custom cable using two stereo TRS 3.5mm plugs like this: Beatstep end (mono) ring+sleeve connected together goes to NTS-1 tip, then Beatstep tip goes to NTS-1 ring.
Nice and simple, well done! I suppose you could also just change the MIDI channel on the keyboard 1, 2, 3, ... since it is easier and faster until you hear the sounds.
And why the hell don't they include this midi cable and charge extra 5 euros? Jesus korg don't make life easier for anyone will you, take a lesson from Arturia on how to keep customers satisfied 👏👏👏
Do you know (given the comment someone made about the difference between Korg & Arturia with ‘a’ and ‘b’ midi, which midi cable you are using, type ‘a’ or ‘b’ as I want to but one.?
Ime trying to do this linking the nts1 to an M1. just ordered the relevant leads, ime just worried about the channel selection process like slecting the relevant midi channel for an M1, i guess the best thing is to set it up and experiment tho if you have any advice in regards to using an M1 with it i would really appreciate it, thanks.
I went through the pains of the MIDI cable as well. The one that I knew was "Korg OK" was back ordered even a month or so ago. I ended up just building my own. The reason for the confusion is that B&O made some sort of speaker that used the same cable with different pinout for an audio feed. Anyway, thanks for the video. I actually decided to subscribe today! I own a NTS-1 and have enjoyed your videos using it. I have learned a lot. And 2 days ago, coincidentally, I bought the Arturia KeyStep! Funny timing that this video came out right after.
Man, where do you know all this stuff from? For real... you have such a huge knowledge on that, amazing! And also very helpful though for new beginners as one as i am.... Thank you..🙏💫🌻🎶🤗🎶🚲👍
The reason some MIDI to TRS cables work, and others don't is because there are 2 standards for this cable.
If you think of MIDI Pins from Left to Right as 1,2,3,4,5 and TRS Pins from base to tip as 0,1,2.
Cable A: Connects MIDI Pins 2,3,4 to TRS Pins 1,0,2 and
Cable B: Connects MIDI Pins 2,3,4 to TRS Pins 2,0,1
(In both cables MIDI pins 1 & 5 aren't used)
So if you're in a pinch, and can switch those pins with some wire, you can fix the issue.
i have try a MIDI cable type B and doesn't work. I have to try Type A ? or its not the problem ?
Korg and Make Noise, and a few others use type A - the standard, now there is one. Novation and Arturia use type B, because they started out with that. Some newer MIDI devices and modules inputs that just work with both.
Korg uses TRS Midi standard A cable, while Novation and Arturia uses TRS midi standad B. Any electronics shop can make up a working cable for a few bucks.
Good to know!
Get an adapter that will split stereo into 2 mono jacks and swap both if needed.
Yeah, it is confusing. Novation switched standards too, so the older midi controllers and grooveboxes use trs midi B, but their newer ones uses trs midi A, wich btw. looks like it's going to be the standard from now on.
Here's how I made a simple DIY adapter: took an old 3,5 mm (=TRS, mini-jack or 8th inch) stereo extension cable. Cut off the male jack and kept the female jack with a few inches of the cable. I then took a new 3,5 mm stereo plug (costs about 3€) and soldered it on to the other end of the cable, making sure the tip-lead and the ring-lead were swapped around. (I buy a bunch of these at a time since I tend to wear out headphones at a redicilous rate.) The sleeve-lead is ground and stays the same. I checked wich lead goes to wich part of the TRS jack with a multimeter set to beep mode ( wich makes it go "beep" when there is connection between the two pokers.) I used a second male-male cable plugged into the female jack, just to be sure I could identify the right lead with the multimeter pokers. I made this adaptor male-female and kept the cable really short so that I won't confuse it with any other cable. This means I have to use a normal cable plugged into the adaptor in order to get a male plug in each end of the setup, but you can of couse make this a dedicated male-male adaptor cable of any length if you wish.
It is also possible to take a standard 5-pin midi plug and solder it on to a trs cable, because midi only uses three of the leads. This is way trickier to get right though, since there is just more stuff in there to keep track of, besides the pins are embedded in plastic and will start to melt themselves out of place if you aren't quick enough with the soldering iron.
I just tried connecting my NTS-1 to a MIDI controller using one of the MIDI>aux adaptors that came with my Novation Mono Station and it didn't work.
Both the MIDI cable and MIDI controller I used worked fine with the KORG Volca Drum, which requires no adaptor..
Is it likely that my NTS-1 connection didn't work because of the Novation adaptor? I tried every channel etc.
I was really disappointed, I was looking forward to playing my NTS-1 with an actual keyboard, I thought I had everything I needed.
@@Kadenite its all so fuc king confusing, I am trying to connect volca sample 2 with the flkey mini, and nothing works.
Man, you’re awesome for uploading this video. Don’t know if I would have been able figure that out without getting very upset
Glad you found it helpful, it's a pretty frustrating experience lol
L yeah, I would have gone through 30 adapters before I figured it out.
Type A cable ! that's why!Amazon they Have type B ;)
The Teenage Engineering TRS-MIDI adapters also work on the NTS-1. The MIDI Channel numbering on the NTS-1 is in Hexidecimal notation where 0-F = 1-16 :) P.S. Love my Arturia Keystep and thinking of adding a second one or the new Keystep Pro to the studio.
Thanks for the info! I'll add a link in the description to those as well go give folks more options!
Thanks for this info. These suckers are really hard to find and many places are out of stock. I just ordered the Teenage Engineering kit from B&H.
@@FreeBeat Here's the link to B7H if you want to add. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1495521-REG/teenage_engineering_te014xs012_midi_cable_kit.html/overview
@@dumptruckds Kudos for sharing; the Make Noise adapter isn't available anywhere in the US right now, and, while it's more expensive, B&H offering free shipping makes it a little better.
The worst part is pairing channels! Why companies don’t use basic logic! 🙄
It's definitely silly lol.
About some MIDI adapters working and some not working. I might have just found an explanation on the website of Retrokits, which sells special MIDI interfaces. (I'm not affiliated)
A description of the RK-TRS-X interface
"A lot of newer devices nowadays have a 3.5mm jack for MIDI-Out. Unfortunately - unlike the regular DIN5 plugs - there is no standard in this type of MIDI-Out. You could say there is a polarity issue. One manufacturer uses polarity A, the other uses B.
Whatever TRS MIDI Output you may have on your device; With the RK-TRS-X (and a standard minijack-audio cable) you can convert any TRS-MIDI to DIN5 MIDI."
So this might help some of you.
Yesterday my NTS-1arrived, and I love it! I use it with a Arturia Keystep.
You're my hero. I got the 0-coast adapter and it just shipped after being out everywhere for over three months
Glad to help, have fun!!!
Great channel! Got the NTS1 and using it with the Launchkey Mini Mk3, i can even program the pots to control various parameters on the NTS1. Love all your PO videos btw!
Thank you so much!
Can the NTS-1 be connected to an AKAI mini mk3 ?
If you buy an Arturia Microfreak you get 2 of these midi/Jack cables, plus these 2 synths work so well together it's crazy not to for the combined price
The freak is an awesome piece of gear!
Ha,,no no no,,i still cannot get this to work,,i have tried EVERYTHING,,ive got the type A and B adaptors,,tried both..it worked for an evening and that was it,..now ,,nothing,,the same for the novation circuit,,it worked once and now it doesnt.....this is so frustrating...using the nts keyboard sucks big time....why why why,,wont it work.??
Sorry you're having so much trouble :(
I have a korg kaossilator 1 it has a line put L AND r do I need headphones or speaker??? Or some keyboard. What cheapest option. I'm broke and was blessed with the kaosilotr q
I believe the Kaosillator 1 has a headphone jack on the bottom as well, you can just use headphones plugged into that :)
I did not have cables to hand. I was able to connect my Microfreak and NTS-1 using the AUM app on an iPad.
Awesome!
Omg im getting crqzy with microfreak original dongs. Maybe have tô update. But i gota two midi xp2 that nvever workkkk
Wow Korg... how dumb. Let's make a channel 0 but it's actually channel 1. 😡
Yeah so silly hahaha
Followed your instructions. No midi connection. No audio. Nts1 in garbage now.
That seems a bit extreme haha. Do you have the proper 3.5mm to 5 pin MIDI adapter?
Can you play polyphonic / chords when connecting a midi keyboard to the NTS-1?
Sadly you cannot :(
please can you control the nts1 with the volca keys? And if so, could you make a video about it?
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The Volca Keys doesn't have MIDI out :(
@@FreeBeat thanks!!! All volca or only keys?
@@pabloseven1 I believe that the Volca FM 2 is the only one that has MIDI out, but I could be wrong.
@@FreeBeat thanks so much!!!
Oh my gosh, thanks a mill. I had everything wired perfectly last night, routed through my MIO XL for MIDI and couldn't get anything from my sequencer. Little did I know Ch. 9 was really channel 10! Moved it down to Ch. 8, which is really Ch. 9 because....of course, and all's well in theworld. Was going absolutely nuts - this video helped save my sanity, gracias!
Such a silly little fix lol, so needlessly obnoxious! Glad you got it figured out, thanks for watching!
midi adapter 5$, shipping to Japan 86$...er wtf???
Ouch that's awful, sorry to hear that :(
Like wow,,,thats why it wouldnt work,,,twas driving me nuts,,midi channel 1 is really channel 0,,lol....thanks for this.
Isn't that the silliest thing? Thanks for watching!
@@FreeBeat For me it is not. That's why it makes 40 years i hate midi channel dip switches. If you get all bits to 0, it should make 0. But it makes 1. Midi channels are wrong from the beginning. Should be 0 to 15. Instead it is 1 to 16. So everyone is right, and wrong at the same time.
I have an m-Audio Axiom 25 sitting around and watching your video the other day that you posted made me want the NTS-1 so bad. So I bought one. If anyone on here has the same Controller, I'd love any advice or input!! I was careful to choose a cable listed as type A and everything came in and I did everything shown in the video and no sound whatsoever. I even got on Reddit and asked and someone sent the pins to check for continuity for the cable I have. It checked out and still won't work. Just went online and found the 0-Coast adapter on Sweetwater with the same description from your posted link and am awaiting it's delivery. I assume it's either the cable, or maybe some settings I've accidentally tweaked in the MIDI keyboard that I didn't know existed. Hopefully it's just the cable because I can't wait to make ALL the sounds.
Interesting, I hope the new cable works out!
@@FreeBeat apparently the m-Audio has a setting to send MIDI via USB or 5-pin. Who would have thought?!?! 🤣. All I needed to do was change that and suddenly we have sound!
Now to dive into the manual and figure out if I can record and playback loops as I've seen you do. Eager to add a Volca to this setup and see what happens.
Thank you for your wonderful content and input!
The reason why you need a specific midi adapter is because Korg uses mini jack type b for midi.
I recently switched to CME WIDI.
How are you liking it?
Hi. I have Nts-1mkII, type A adaptor. I connected the same with minilogue and it doesn't work... what could be wrong? 🙏
Gracias!!! You are the best me he vuelto loco con este chanel ( 0=1 )
Thanks for watching!
My adaptor worked great...until it didn't any more.
I'll try the one in your link. Thanks!
Dang, hoping you find success with the replacement!
@@FreeBeat (EDIT: A factory reset worked!) No such luck. Nothing over MIDI. I guess it magically broke somehow.
Shipping from Perfect Circuit was fast though.
how to link usb port midi keyboard?
What exactly are you trying to pair?
The confused issue is, there are different TRS-Adaptors (TRS-a, TRS-b & TRS-x) done by manufactors while there don't got a Standard for this
Gotta hate how Korg makes things extra confusing like the MIDI channel thing or their shitty MIDI drivers...
NTS-1 absolutely rules, in spite of this.
Thank you for the tutorial(s)!
But where/what do I use for the audio out port? Plugging it into the Line In of my desktop with a TRS 3.5mm audio cable doesn't get me any sound. Plugging into the aux port of my computer speaker does get sound, but only on one channel
I have the correct cables, the correct channels but it still doesn’t work. I’m using the Yamaha Reface CP. does anyone know anything about this configuration?
Ha,,just got it working,,midi cable only works one way round??,,never knew that,,,lol.4 months wasted.
Zero is midi channel one. Of course!
It's the silliest little detail that everyone misses lol.
Thanks you man this was irritating me
Glad to help, thanks for watching!
My Midi keyboard sends its signal over USB. Will that work for this, given the right adapter?
that SHIFT AND MIDI CHANNEL must be my broblem
TNKX
cant control nts with my keylab midi also cant synch it with microfreak both are at channel 1 (nts channel0) dont jnow why u have any idea ?
Yeah thanks for your video, was having a total brain freeze moment and you saved me a lot of fucking around cheers ;)
Found that there is another setting on the NTS-1that might cause a hurdle to get this working .. : the same menu to change the MIDI channel also has a setting called “Midi Route” (Mrt) , this decides wether the Midi input comes through the USB or both USB and MIDI input into the NTS-1 , for the configuration in this video it needs to be set to “0” for both , otherwise the MIDI input socket is disabled..
This took me some time to figure out , seemed i had set it to “1” by accident when experimenting ..
Good catch, thanks for commenting. They were really determined to make it hard weren't they lol.
thanks, this solved my problem :)
Struggling with this. How do you access the Mrt settings on the NTS-1? Tia
The NTS-1 is really fun to use as a midi-controlled fx box that can be externally param-locked for sequences using devices like the digitakt or circuit tracks. so each note can have it's own fx depth/time for fx not availble on elektron devices like flange, chorus, etc.. most fx pedals that can have params controlled by external midi sequencers are WAY more expensive than the nts-1 (empress zoia, hologram microcosm, etc)
Yeah that's awesome! Thanks for watching :)
Yeah but you need a a midi controller that has param locking/knob automation I guess?
@@Turbo_TechnoLogic yes. You need either some kind of hardware sequencer or alternately an app to automate it. Almost any free DAW like Garage band or Traction Waveform will have parameter automation for outgoing MIDI CCs.
Здравствуйте!У меня не помогла данная процедура и попрежнему нет отклика от миди клавиатуры.Arturia minilab 3 и NTS-1.Что делать?
After trying with 3 different midi keyboards, 3 different midi adapter (only one of the two trs to midi 5 pin adapters works) channel 0 is channel 1, that is ridiculous. Well thanks for the video that has saved me from days of frustration.
Sorry to hear it took so long, and that the solution was so simple. I don't really get the logic of making channel 1 read as channel 0, on top of making the MIDI menu tricky to get to. It just forces everything to be overly complicated. Thanks for watching!
@@FreeBeat the logic on the channel number is because it is in HEX values. (base 16). a single digit in hex goes from 0 to 9 then A to F. In order to make that say channel 1 you'd have to add extra coding (probably on limited storage) for no real value. So they opted to save that space for useful code.
Can I use this with my Arturia MINILAB MK2?
The Minilab doesn’t have MIDI out so you have to connect both the NTS-1 (via USB) and the Minilab (also via USB) to your computer and then in Ableton route the MIDI from the Minilab to the NTS-1 and plug your headphones into the NTS-1’s audio out.
Have you figured out a way to get the nts to run at one step instead of the default 2
or lower the sync from 16th steps
You know if it’s posible to sync nts1 with microlab ? Tia
Bummed about this adapter cable from the original post that just showed up and doesn't work, guess it'll go in the spare parts drawer. Maybe one day it'll have a use, and I got some practice with the Global Parameters menu (; Ordered this 0-Coast cable from Sweetwater about 5 weeks ago, but the order still hasn't shipped.
Same thing happened to me, in error I bought a Type B MIDI adapter months ago, only to find that it doesn't work with the NTS-1, and that frustration, as well as the stupid hexadecimal notation for the NTS-1's MIDI channels, led me to write an article about it. Paying for return shipping wasn't worth it, so I kept it. Fast forward, and I picked up the Elektron Model:Samples (which pairs beautifully with the NTS-1, BTW). Elektron has this amazing feature in which you can change the 'polarity' of the MIDI signal sent out of the device! And for incoming MIDI signals, it automatically detects which type it is. So now I can use that Type B adapter to send MIDI from my Model:Samples to something like the Minilogue XD (which has full size MIDI ports), or to receive MIDI from any instrument. As far as I know Elektron is the first company to do this, but I hope it catches on! Makes life so much easier to not have to worry about adapter type.
I am SO sorry about that :( From now on I'm not going to trust anyone other than myself (and minimal.camera) when it comes to cables and adapters. Hope your proper cable gets to you soon!
@@FreeBeat - I ended up with a Korg SQ-1 sequencer, which comes with a Korg-friendly Midi adapter, but it can also control an NTS-1 using just an ordinary TRS cable out of the sequencer and into the synth.
You can make your own cable!!! ruclips.net/video/2wD_b2vKBjs/видео.html
looks like my adapter from Microfreak is not working for this =(
Does my keystep ahve to be set to midi??,,still trying to get this to work..
Can you get the mod 'wheel' on the keystep to control the filter on the nts ?
DUDE! Enough with the channel plus 1!!! 5:00
Great video man, thanks!! I love the look of this NTS-1.
How would you hook all that up to a DAW to record?
Thanks so much! Just simply run the line out of the NTS-1 (headphone jack) into your interface or directly into your computer :)
@@FreeBeat you're an absolute legend, thank you!!!!
My nts1 and arutria have just arrived. I'm so excited i feel like a child haha.
@@FreeBeat i dont know if you're going to respond, but when I plut it right into my computer there is some form of background noise that can constantly be hear while I record it
Don't you find the keystep velocity is far too sensitive? I find it's either way too high or too low and can't get a consistent level out of it.
I haven't really had any issues actually!
I find I'm having to slam the keys to get a decent volume out of it.
Learnt my lesson not to buy shite made by arturia again.
@@mrgratis561 Have you adjusted the velocity sensitivity in the control center software? If not, you might have a faulty unit.
@@FreeBeat Yes, tried all the settings and can't tell any difference.
Wish I could show you what it's like.
I'm novice on the keyboard but even so, it's such a big difference in volume.
Love your video. By the way, Can I use this also to send MIDI signal from my old MIDI Controller (without USB MIDI) to my PC?
Yes I believe you can :)
But how should the tiny 2 pins be set on the back of the Keystep? I've tried this many many many times, with at least 20 different cables, and I STILL can NOT get the midi on the NTS1 to work. WHY??? WE JUST DON'T KNOW... WE JUST DON'T.
The pence on the back of the key step have to do with where the key step gets its clock signal from, that's it. Sorry you're having so much trouble with this
I'm using the Novation Circuit midi cable. It doesn't work. Is this the wrong cable? Any ideas?
If you're certain you have all the midi channels set properly then it is probably the wrong cable unfortunately
WOW thanks! Your content and positive vibe is just great!
Thank you so much!
bout time i got my head round this one and gave it a go! have an rm1x incoming i could trigger it with eh?
jb xx
That would work just fine! Be sure to record it if you do it!
This isnt rocket science...what is the difference?
Probably a really noob question but i`m curious about recording this to a DAW to continue working with it. Would I just record the output as a wave to my pc ? Thanks for your help.
Yep, just record it into your daw like you would with any other instrument :)
I have this exact midi cable and IT DOES NOT WORK. I feel like I’m going insane. I cannot find the right cable to hook up my Arturia to the Korg NTS. This has been the most maddening experience.
Try Befaco TRS-MIDI Cable A, that worked for me.
Quick question. How are you getting the sound? Do you have speakers plugged into the NTS-1? Or does it have its own little speakers? Sorry kind of a dumb question but I'm new to this. Thank you
It has it's own little speaker, but for all of my content I plug the audio out of whatever I'm using into a recorder of some kind. For this video, it was the Zoom H5. For most of my current videos, I use the Zoom Livetrak L-12.
thanks hi
Thanks so much!
Keep on jamming with Volcas
Absolutely!
Too bad, the cable costs $5 and the shipping is $40$50 (and the aliexpress cable I just received doesn't work)
I thought MIDI was an universal thing, i guess i have a midi cable for my phone to a synth or something.. 😂
Where is your headphone out 1/8 cable going from the nts1? To a speaker? An amp? How do we connect this to Abelton/daw?
It's just plugged into my audio interface (a zoom H5 in my case). You can just connect it like normal to whatever you are using for your audio interface to connect it to your daw.
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great video. You should have done a video with this keyboard and the Tracks though.. its a killer combo. nice to see it works with the NTS-1. :)
I actually used the key step with the tracks off camera quite a bit :) thanks for watching!
i see your using a battery back up ...i guess this solves the horrible usb ground loop
Yeah I almost always plug the nts-1 directly into the wall haha.
Also In the hide menu. shr must be 1
hi thats what I talking about can I the irig keys 2 mini as a midi keyboard.....
thanks for anwser....
I think I misread your original question, yes you can and it will work just fine!
Do you have a new link? Amazon?
The link provided is out of stock.
Great video! Keep it up? Your content is awesome. :)
Weird, the link shows up as in stock for me. Thank you!!
@@FreeBeat Weird. Mine still shows as out of stock. I just checked. I'll see if I can find another cable. Thanks again for checking.
Why not just get a Befaco TRS-MIDI Cable A?
That should work
Just subscribed. I have learned so much from your channel and wanted to thank you.
I really appreciate that, thank you!
Tanx receive ch 0 being 1 did the trick ! doesnt say that in the manual :)
Such a silly little fix lol. Glad you got t working!
Will this allow me to play cords or will I need a firmware update for that?
The nts-1 is monophonic, meeting that it can't play chords. There are a couple of workarounds via custom oscillators though.
Thank you for this one!
Synqing po-32 on the NTS-1 back-end too😁
Thanks for watching!
Subscribed and thank you for this tip. Got it to work with an old m audio 49e!
Thanks so much!
Very helpful thanks. This has saved me a lot of potential frustration 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
I'm $120 into trying to find a midi to 1/8" converter that works, and I just don't believe they actually exist. And I'm now out of money. Can anyone tell me how to make one that works out of spare wires? Just tell me what of the 5 midi contacts gets attached to which of the 3 1/8" contacts?
Man I'm sorry to hear that. Just double checking, but you're on the right MIDI channel on both devices? I've had that be the issue for quite a few people after purchasing the adapter.
Yep I resorted to building my own, here's the pinout I used www.midi.org/midi-articles/updated-how-to-make-your-own-3-5mm-mini-stereo-trs-to-midi-5-pin-din-cables
Is there a way to record in stereo? I know the synth signal itself is mono, but the effects are stereo, so over headphones you get the full stereo effects, but recorded into may DAW it only is mono
What sort of input device are you using to record into your daw?
@@FreeBeat It's a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, which only has one 6.35mm jack. I ordered a larger interface now, so I can use two inputs to record the stereo signal I hope (with a split cable 3.5mm stereo to two mono 6.35mm)
I bought one midi A for korg Electribe or sq on Amazon and it doesn’t Work !! Everything is Ok Channel 1 on O in Nts and no signal 🥵 it’s crazy ! For France perfect circuit send for 30$ 😱 is this the only one who works for nts ? Thanks for the good stuff 😉
Ugh that's so frustrating, I'm sorry! Thanks for being here though, let me know if you figure it out!
Try making your own cable it might work I have a tutorial here ruclips.net/video/2wD_b2vKBjs/видео.html
Thank you for the video. It would nice if Korg included the cable in the box. I just order midi adaptor. Hopefully it works. it is so hard to find.
I agree, I feel like most people would pay an extra $5 to $10 if it came with the proper MIDI cable. Hope you get yours working!
If it helps I had to make my own cable lol ruclips.net/video/2wD_b2vKBjs/видео.html
@@DECIMA1 Thank you for the suggestion, but I bought the cable a month ago.
@@verdezap ah no problem I couldn't find one in Canada so I made my own 😂
@@DECIMA1 This is great, thank you!
Worked great for me until I tried to set a sequence. The restart button does not get it to play back as a sequence. Is there a setting that I missed or inadvertently switched?
Thanks!
Hmmm, which button are you referring to by restart button?
The button that says"tap" on it, does not work. I have no arpeggio or sequence. The right-most button was what I was referring to in my original post. *Any* help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I couldn't find a TRS to Midi Type A cable so I had to make my own! Here is how: ruclips.net/video/2wD_b2vKBjs/видео.html
That NTS-1 is crazy cool little gizmo....it amazes me every time you've used it in your videos. It's on my "to get" list
I live not far from Perfect Circuit (that's where I bought my PO-33 Knock Out).....man what a store, it is so dangerous because they have everything.
I've never been but they have these amazing seminars where various companies have reps come and do demos
Hey another good one, I always learn something
Oh man how do you have any money lol. I would be so broke if I lived anywhere near a store that sold synthesizers (other than my local guitar center, because they have nothing lol)
@@FreeBeat Yeah right? It's not close enough to break my wallet. There's a RUclips by Ricky Tnez he works for novation...anyway he's filming himself walking into Perferct circuit while chanting "only get rack mount screws...only get rack mount screws" over and over. It's hilarious, I'll send it to you if I can find it
Trying to use my beatstep with my nts 1 and cant get it to work, do you think i have the wrong midi to stereo cable?
It very well could be, although I've never used the beatstep before so I'm not sure if there's any other settings I need to be changed. Definitely make sure that you have your midi channels matched up though.
I can get my Beatstep to talk to a NTS-1 using the white mono 3.5mm to MIDI female adaptor that came with the Beatstep plugged into a Type A MIDI male to TRS adaptor bought online.
I’ve also made up a custom cable using two stereo TRS 3.5mm plugs like this: Beatstep end (mono) ring+sleeve connected together goes to NTS-1 tip, then Beatstep tip goes to NTS-1 ring.
Nice and simple, well done! I suppose you could also just change the MIDI channel on the keyboard 1, 2, 3, ... since it is easier and faster until you hear the sounds.
SOLVED! I have been trying to get this to work and ordered the cable linked above and boom. Thank you.
Yes! So glad you got it working :)
@@FreeBeat Dig your stuff. Subscribed and rang that bell!
You mentioned a Korg driver for USB MIDI... Couldn't you just use a DAW as host to send MIDI ?
And why the hell don't they include this midi cable and charge extra 5 euros? Jesus korg don't make life easier for anyone will you, take a lesson from Arturia on how to keep customers satisfied 👏👏👏
Does anyone know if the Novation Circuit (OG) cable works?
I'm not sure unfortunately, sorry!
@@FreeBeat thanks!
Do you know (given the comment someone made about the difference between Korg & Arturia with ‘a’ and ‘b’ midi, which midi cable you are using, type ‘a’ or ‘b’ as I want to but one.?
hello! tell me please is it possible to make more then 8 sequencer steps ?!
Yes! The keystep has a 64-step sequencer
Ime trying to do this linking the nts1 to an M1. just ordered the relevant leads, ime just worried about the channel selection process like slecting the relevant midi channel for an M1, i guess the best thing is to set it up and experiment tho if you have any advice in regards to using an M1 with it i would really appreciate it, thanks.
I went through the pains of the MIDI cable as well. The one that I knew was "Korg OK" was back ordered even a month or so ago. I ended up just building my own. The reason for the confusion is that B&O made some sort of speaker that used the same cable with different pinout for an audio feed. Anyway, thanks for the video. I actually decided to subscribe today! I own a NTS-1 and have enjoyed your videos using it. I have learned a lot. And 2 days ago, coincidentally, I bought the Arturia KeyStep! Funny timing that this video came out right after.
Awesome! Thanks so much for the subscription! Making your own cable is impressive, way over my head lol.
that's really helpful and not a long video -)
Thank you so very much!
Thank you very much for this. Very helpful 👍
Glad to hear it, thanks for watching!
Man, where do you know all this stuff from? For real... you have such a huge knowledge on that, amazing!
And also very helpful though for new beginners as one as i am....
Thank you..🙏💫🌻🎶🤗🎶🚲👍